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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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perihelions ◴[08 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45167153[source]▶
Hard-earned freedoms are wasted on societies who don't have memories of what it took to earn them. Freedom is a ratchet: slides easily and frictionlessly one way, and offers immense resistance in the other.

This is all so disheartening.

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cedws ◴[08 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45167299[source]▶
I’m not aware of a single nation where the ratchet is loosening. It appears freedom is being eroded everywhere. The most disheartening thing is that nothing works to stop it. There are countries where millions of people have protested, but in time the protests always fizzle or are stamped out, and things continue on the same trajectory.
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tomrod ◴[08 Sep 25 12:14 UTC] No.45167349[source]▶
I fear that your observations speaks more to protest being an inefficient catalyst for regime change more than it speaks to the efforts and initiatives to preserve freedom.

The jetset class doesn't really care about a single nation. For good (trade binds fractious governments) or ill (neofeudalism), they try to separate themselves from the proles.

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[08 Sep 25 14:33 UTC] No.45168825{3}[source]▶
To be fair the people who care about a single nation, to the detriment of all other nations, are freaks
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1. tomrod ◴[08 Sep 25 14:34 UTC] No.45168838{4}[source]▶
Aye, it sort of sucks. A global government that could also respect privacy would be a good thing, IMO, except for when it leans authoritarian.
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2. r3trohack3r ◴[08 Sep 25 16:32 UTC] No.45170353[source]▶
A maintainable altruistic ruling class is a myth.

When you centralize power you’ve created a point of control/leverage with significant value. It will eventually be captured.

> except for when it leans authoritarian

Totalitarianism, Crony Capitalism, State Enforced Communism, Authoritarianism, etc. are all variations of the same root rot: centralization.

When you centralize power you will always get centralized power. A global centralized power is terrifying.